House Republicans offer budget that will be difficult for them to pass

The Washington Post: House Republicans released a proposal Tuesday that would balance the budget in a decade by revamping Medicare and Medicaid, repealing the Affordable Care Act and making cuts in domestic programs.

The plan, which pares more than $5 trillion from the federal budget, will instantly renew long-running hostilities with the White House and Democrats regarding spending and debt. But the biggest clash is likely to be between GOP budget hawks determined to reduce spending and defense hawks who want to bolster the Pentagon in the face of rising threats from the Islamic State and other terrorist groups.

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